Tag: math

A comparative overview of recent Pittsburgh Schools’ PSSA scores

Introduction: The Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) exams are administered to grades 3 through 8 to measure progress in language arts (reading and grammar)

Allegheny Institute July 10, 2024

Pittsburgh Schools Still Not Making the Grade

While waxing ecstatic last month about the Pittsburgh school district’s improving achievement scores in the 2008-2009 school year, the Superintendent studiously avoided a thorough discussion

Christopher Wendt August 3, 2009

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